51³Ō¹Ļ

Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.ā€”Fourteen incoming first-year students from Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana are being honored with 51³Ō¹Ļā€™s prestigious Provost Scholarships.

The annual honor includes an academic scholarship, as well as funding for study abroad. Grants for research or creative discovery and an optional travel grant to attend a conference also are included.

To qualify, applicants must have a minimum 30 ACT and 3.75 high school GPA (based on a 4.0 scale). For more, visit .

Selected from more than 800 qualified applicants, this yearā€™s group joins 45 already participating in the program, which is part of 51³Ō¹Ļā€™s Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College.

Fourth-year program mentor Seth F. Oppenheimer, the honors collegeā€™s undergraduate research program director, said Provost Scholars serve as leaders at Mississippi State and share their passion for understanding, exploration and truth with fellow students.

ā€œWhether it is designing a better way to deliver lifesaving drugs using new classes of nanoparticles, uplifting a soul with new poetry, finding ways to feed the multitude of the worldā€™s hungry with new agricultural techniques, or nourishing the hearts of people with new music, Provost Scholars follow the passion of their curiosity with hard work, diligence and creativity,ā€ said Oppenheimer, who also serves as professor and associate dean of 51³Ō¹Ļā€™s Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

The 2018-19 Provost Scholars class includes (by hometown):

BELDENā€”Abigail E. Grant, a biomedical engineering major.

BRANDONā€”Jonathan D. Bailey, a political science major; and Jackson T. De Gruiter, a software engineering major.

CLARKSDALEā€”Allyson V. Espy, a computer engineering major.

CLINTONā€”Tanner S. DeYoung, a biochemistry/pre-MBA major.

JACKSONā€”Mary Margaret Mitchell, an industrial engineering major.

MADISONā€”Chappel C. Pettit, a biomedical engineering major.

MONROE, Louisianaā€”Madeline C. Enlow, a communication/public relations major.

OLIVE BRANCHā€”Anna C. Salzgeber, a psychology major.

PRATTVILLE, Alabamaā€”Andreana M. ā€œAndiā€ Durham, a psychology major.

RIDGELANDā€”Isaac G. Johnson, a biomedical engineering major.

STARKVILLEā€”Abigail F. Musser, a civil engineering/environmental engineering major; and Garrett C. Smith, a political science major.

VICKSBURGā€”Sarah Grace Dulaney, a biological sciences/pre-medicine major.

Learn more about 51³Ō¹Ļā€™s Shackouls Honors College at .

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